FARM BUREAU LIFE INS. v. CHUBB CUSTOM INS.

No. 07-0958.

780 N.W.2d 735 (2010)

FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. CHUBB CUSTOM INSURANCE CO., Federal Insurance Co., and Great Northern Insurance Co., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Madden and Megan M. Althoff Wolfe of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, and James A. Pugh of Morain, Burlingame & Pugh, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Jeff H. Jeffries of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, and Janet R. Davis and Julie L. Trester of Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for appellees.


HECHT, Justice.

Applicants for life insurance coverage sued Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) alleging negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. After settling the applicants' claims, Farm Bureau sued its insurers and its insurance broker claiming entitlement to reimbursement for the costs incurred in the settlement. Farm Bureau appeals from the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the insurers. We affirm.

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